Time Out's 50 Greatest Directorial Debuts of all Time (2009)

1. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Badlands (1973)
4. L'Atalante (1934)
5. Blood Simple (1984)
6. They Live by Night (1948)
7. The Four Hundred Blows (1960)
8. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
9. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
10. Performance (1970)
11. Accattone (1961)
12. Play Misty For Me (1971)
13. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
14. Airplane! (1980)
15. Blue Collar (1978)
16. Bleak Moments (1971)
17. Buffalo ’66 (1998)
18. Eraserhead (1977)
19. Gates of Heaven (1978)
20. Primer (2004)
21. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
22. The Great McGinty (1940)
23. Shadows (1959)
24. L'Âge d’Or (1930)
25. Knife in the Water (1962)
26. Mad Max (1979)
27. The Evil Dead (1981)
28. Killer of Sheep (1977)
29. Alice (1988)
30. Pather Panchali (1955)
31. Targets (1968)
32. Bottle Rocket (1996)
33. On the Town (1949)
34. À Bout de Souffle (1960)
35. Diner (1982)
36. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
37. Man Bites Dog (1992)
38. Pepi, Luci, Bom... (1980)
39. Repo Man (1984)
40. Seul Contre Tous (1998)
41. The Hired Hand (1971)
42. George Washington (2000)
43. Celia (1989)
44. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
45. Violent Cop (1989)
46. Say Anything (1989)
47. Jour de Fête (1949)
48. Kids (1995)
49. Throw Momma From the Train (1987)
50. Easy Rider (1969)